Which CD you are using as your reference CD?

[smcoptyltd]

Just wonder which CD you are using as a reference CD to get well balanced mix?

Any recommendation? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

TIA...

[rmx]

Right now "Back in Black"- ACDC

Peace [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[GORILLA]

Hey for metal tunes...Testament's "The Gathering". [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
For hard rock tunes...System of a down's "Toxicity" [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Peter Duemmler]

For frequency balance I often use Shania Twain´s "You win my love".

Peter

[Mike Tholen]

Marylin Manson's "Mechanical Animals" shows just how heavy and dynamic things can get, for the hard **** .
Los Lobos' "Kiko" is an all around gem of a recording.
the Jellyfish records are pretty damn amazing too. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[picksail]

Currently,

One Size Fits All- Frank Zappa(Kerry McNabb)
This has always, been one of my favorite albums in all respects. I discovered last night that the song Inca Roads is 1.3db(RMS)lower on the left side.

Killer Queen- Queen(Roy Thomas Baker)

[AEXXL]

Dr Dre... the chronic 2001...for hip hop its on top

[Alécio Costa]

Pop/heavily sequenced: Roxette´s Crush on you
Hard Rock: Stve Vai´s Firegarden, Satriani´s Extremist
Nice Drums sounds : The Police
Pop/ soft rock: Teras for fears´s Sowing the seeds of love, Elemental
OLder rock stuff tone: Yes´s Fragile, 90125, Dark Side of the moon
Older Dance/op: MJ´s Thriller, Bad [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[sdemott]

Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead - overall great sounding CD.

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - again, great sounding.

The Outfield: Play Deep - wonderful use of imaging, great drum sound, full sounding mix with a lot of breathing room.

Johnny Frigo: Live From Studio A - one of Chesky's releases recorded by Bob Katz, wonderful audiophile recording done with a single stereo mic.

Crosby, Stills & Nash: the first album - lush voices & wonderful acoustic guitars.

Night Ranger: Midnight Madness - I have never heard a better dirty electric guitar sound than that of Brad Gillis' old strat through that Boogie.

Derek & the Dominoes: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - for the pure energy and emotion. Lots of stuff I wouldn't want to imitate...a bit raw/unpolished, but I'd take performances like these over a technically great mix any day of the week.